1990 | Plate 111111 | Plate 221111 | |||||||
Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | Unfolded pane | Top | Bottom | Both | Folded pane |
15 | Diagonal left | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
16 | Diagonal right | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
25 | Rectangle right | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
26 | Rectangle left | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | . | . | ||||
15/26 | Left Combo Diag. Top/Rect. Bottom | . | . | ||||||
16/25 | Right Combo Diag. Top/Rect. Bottom | . | . | ||||||
25/16 | Right Combo Rect. Top/Diag. Bottom | . | . | ||||||
26/15 | Left Combo Rect. Top/Diag. Bottom | . | . |
Umbrella booklets are known with the denomination completely missing on one of the two
panes.
Variuos types of inking (blue line,
red line) and plate wiping
flaws (bluish paper from insufficient cleaning) exist.
No combination books are known from plate 221111.
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1988 | Normal printing | Small printing | Folded pane |
Plain pane | . | . | . |
Red Guideline Top/Bottom | . | . | . |
Red Guideline Right | . | . | . |
Red Guideline Top/Bottom & Right | . | . | . |
The printing of the inside front cover (and, to a lesser degree, the inside back cover)
is significantly smaller on some booklets.
Large print : 'Receive every' wider than Pages!
Small print : 'Receive every' less than Pages!
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Examples of Happy Birthday/Best Wishes panes exist with FDC cancellation only.
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Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | No plate 1 | Unfolded pane |
11 | Red rectangle & diagonal | . | . | . | . | . |
15 | Red rectangle | . | . | . | . | . |
16 | Yellow & Red rectangles | . | . | . | . | . |
18 | Yellow, Pink & Red rectangles | . | . | . | . | . |
19 | Gray rectangle | . | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | . |
Booklets exist without a plate number on the top pane.
1989 | Plate 1111 | Plate 2111 | |||||||
Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | Unfolded pane | Top | Bottom | Both | Folded pane |
1 | Black bar type I | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
4 | Black diagonal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
5 | Black bar type II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
8 | Yellow & Blue bars | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
11 | Red bar | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | . | . | ||||
4/5 | Left Combo Diag. Top/Bar II Bottom | . | . | ||||||
5/4 | Right Combo Bar II Top/Diag. Bottom | . | . |
Various types of booklet EFOs exist. On some booklets, a yellow line or two pink lines can be found in the
tabs.
Various types of miscut (straight cuts
or 'winged' cuts) booklets are known.
1990 | Plate 1211 | Plate 2111 | |||||||
Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | Folded pane | Top | Bottom | Both | Folded pane |
1 | Black bar type I | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
4 | Black diagonal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
5 | Black bar type II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
8 | Green & Blue bars | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
11 | Red bar | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | . | . | ||||
4/5 | Left Combo Diag. Top/Bar II Bottom | . | . | ||||||
5/4 | Right Combo Bar II Top/Diag. Bottom | . | . |
1990 | Plate 2211 | Plate 2222 | |||||||
Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | Unfolded pane | Top | Bottom | Both | Folded pane |
1 | Black bar type I | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
4 | Black diagonal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
5 | Black bar type II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
8 | Green & Blue bars | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
11 | Red bar | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | . | . | ||||
4/5 | Left Combo Diag. Top/Bar II Bottom | . | . | ||||||
5/4 | Right Combo Bar II Top/Diag. Bottom | . | . |
1990 | Plate 222 | EFO panes | |||||||
Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | (Un)folded pane | Top | Bottom | Both | (Un)folded pane |
1 | Black bar type I | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
4 | Black diagonal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
5 | Black bar type II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
8 | Green & Blue bars | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
11 | Red bar | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | . | . | ||||
4/5 | Left Combo Diag. Top/Bar II Bottom | . | . | ||||||
5/4 | Right Combo Bar II Top/Diag. Bottom | . | . |
Love booklets are known with transitional
loss of the pink color (heart), or with the pink color completely missing on one
of the two panes.
A black layout line may be visible along the edge of an oversized (14mm) tab.
The (black) rectangle on type I bar panes are centered above the plate number. On type II
bar panes, the rectangle is shifted to the left above the plate number. Miscut panes are
known.
1990 | Plate 1 | Plate 2 |
Unfolded pane | . | . |
Booklet | . | . |
1990 | Booklets | Unfolded panes | ||||||||||||
Position | Selvage mark | Scored | Unscored perforations | |||||||||||
No | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | No | ||
1-4 | Top Gap | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
5-44 | Full CRL | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
45-48 | Bottom Gap | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Plate 1 and 2 books exist in two different printing sizes of the inner front cover:
The larger print is 'fuzzier'
than the sharp, smaller print.
Panes with various tagging shifts exist.
Various (almost undetectable) color dots and/or dashes can be found on the selvage of some
panes.
Panes exist with a shift in the
white color printing, giving the impression of no plate number panes.
1990 | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | Unfolded pane |
1 | Type I Red bar right | . | . | . | . |
4 | Red diagonal | . | . | . | . |
5 | Type II Green bar | . | . | . | . |
8 | Yellow & Purple bars | . | . | . | . |
11 | Red bar left | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . | ||
4/5 | Left Combo Diag. Top/Bar Bottom | . | |||
5/4 | Right Combo Bar Top/Diag. Bottom | . |
Position | Selvage mark | Top | Bottom | Both | Unfolded pane |
11 | Black rectangle & diagonal | . | . | . | . |
15 | Red rectangle | . | . | . | . |
16 | Red & Black rectangles | . | . | . | . |
18 | Yellow, Pink & Red rectangles | . | . | . | . |
19 | Blue rectangle | . | . | . | . |
'A' | Plain tab | . | . |
Last Update: March 2, 2001 DRK
/ Updated: December 14, 2005 REM